Magog מָגוֹג

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Magog
מָגוֹג
Transliterationmagog
Strong's numberH4031 (H4031G, H4031H)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossMagog
Occurrences4 in 4 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (2)

Magog (Hebrew מָגוֹג, Strong's H4031) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Magog”. It occurs 4 times.

Definition

H4031G: Magog

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2;
son of: Japheth (H3315);
brother of: Gomer (H1586), Madai (H4074), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494)
§ Magog = "land of Gog"
1) the 2nd son of Japheth, grandson of Noah, and progenitor of several tribes northward from Israel
2) the mountainous region between Cappadocia and Media and habitation of the descendants of Magog, son of Japheth and grandson of Noah

H4031H: Magog

Magog = "land of Gog"
the mountainous region between Cappadocia and Media and habitation of the descendants of Magog, son of Japheth and grandson of Noah
Also named: Magōg (Μαγώγ "Magog" G3098)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVmagog (4)
BSBmagog (4)

Verses

Every verse with Magog, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

1 Chronicles

Ezekiel

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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